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Chicks Aren't Chicken: Play Therapy Workshop

Hope Cancer Resources

5835 W Sunset Ave, Springdale, AR 72762, USA

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Event Description

This workshop will focus on the difficult challenges facing girls from school age through adolescence. Media representations of body image and sexualized marketing campaigns have added to the complex societal issues of our young women. When these issues are merged with physical, emotional, and sexual abuse the outcome is very serious. Research indicates that play therapy modalities are effective with these complex issues. Evidenced and empirically based methodologies with corresponding experiential play therapy techniques will assist the play therapist in developing a strength and empowerment model for our girls. CBT, Gestalt, CCPT, and Adlerian therapeutic models will be the foundation of this workshop. These techniques will assist therapists in empowering female clients to become stronger, assertive, courageous, and efficacious. This workshop will prove chicks aren’t chicken but more importantly that chicks are confident.

With Distinguished Presenter:

Sharolyn Wallace, PhD. LCSW, Registered Play Therapist Supervisor has been the Professor of Human Services at Tulsa Community College for over 20 years. She is also the director for TCC’s Center for Addiction Prevention and Recovery Support. Dr. Wallace received the 2014 C.V. Ramana award for Outstanding Contribution to the Mental Health of Oklahoma’s Children and the 2016 NASW-OK Social Worker of the Year. She is the Past-President for OK NASW. She is a Board Member for the Association for Play Therapy and the National Association for Social Workers. Dr. Wallace has been in private practice for over twenty years specializing in child sexual abuse and trauma. Dr. Wallace led a team of mental health workers providing crisis intervention and play therapy in Sri Lanka one month at the Tsunami. She has also provided crisis relief work in Alaska, New York, Miami, San Francisco, and Scotland, and two separate tours of duty in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Dr. Wallace has published articles on play therapy and relapse prevention with child welfare families. She is the author of a series of children’s books, “The Adventures of Bruce, Ben & Gerry.” http://www.sharolynwallace.com/
Workshop Syllabus/Outline
9:00-10:30 Sexual Abuse, Teen Pregnancy, Substance Abuse
and Play Therapy Modalities
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-12:15 Self Harm, Bullying Sexting, and Play Therapy
Modalities
12:15-1:15 **Lunch
1:15-2:45 Suicide, Eating Disorders and Play Therapy
Modalities
2:45-3:00 Break
3:00-4:30 Gestalt, CBT, Adlerian Play Therapy Techniques
Learning Outcomes:
1. After the session, participants will be able to identify key social issues for school age to adolescent girls and how it relates to play therapy techniques.
2. After the session, participants will be able to create 3 specific CBT/Gestalt play therapy techniques to address key issues.
3. After the session, participants will be able to create 3 specific Adlerian play therapy techniques to address key issues. **Lunch may be on your own or you can choose to purchase a boxed lunch above. All boxed lunches come with a pickle, chips, oatmeal cookie. Boxed lunches purchased here will be delivered to the conference location. Beverages will be provided. Boxed lunches will not be available for purchase at the workshop. They MUST be purchased in advance by selected your choice above.
Map of Event Location
Friday, October 28th, 2016 9:00 am –  4:30 pm